Suspect in Clairemont indecent exposure identified by police

A man suspected of exposing himself to a 15-year-old girl in Clairemont early Tuesday was arrested later as he watched an officer investigate, San Diego police said.

Stanley James Lovett, 58, was jailed on suspicion of indecent exposure and annoying or molesting a child.

The girl was walking on Balboa Arms Drive near Mount Abernathy Avenue, heading for school, when a white man in dress pants. shirt, and shoes walked toward her with one hand in front of his crotch, police Lt. Andra Brown said said.

When he got closer, he grabbed the girl’s arm and started pulling her hand toward his open fly, where he was fully exposed, Brown said.

The girl ran to a nearby business and called her parents. Police were notified of the incident at 6:45 a.m. The girl described the man as being “well-dressed,” thin, clean-shaven, with blue eyes and gray, spiked hair.

Brown said patrol Sgt. Chris Buxton noticed he was being closely watched by a man of similar description sitting in a pickup near where the incident occurred. The man was detained, and the girl identified him as the man who grabbed her. He was arrested about 10:15 a.m. Brown said Lovett lives in that neighborhood.